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Hollywood

(Encyclopedia) Hollywood. 1 Community (2020 population 35,757) within the city of Los Angeles, S Calif., on the slopes of the Santa Monica Mts.; inc.…

Diebenkorn, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Diebenkorn, Richard, 1922–93, American painter, b. Portland, Oreg. Raised in California, he studied at Stanford and at a collector's home encountered (1943) the work of Matisse, whose…

March 1998 News and Events

1998 News Month-By-MonthWorldRussian Atomic Minister Ousted (March 2): Viktor N. Mikhailov, influential in nation's military and civilian nuclear establishment, dismissed to surprise of many…

Redford, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Redford, Robert, 1937–, American actor and director, b. Santa Monica, Calif., as Charles Robert Redford, Jr. One of Hollywood's superstars, he began his acting career in 1959, scoring…

Larkin, Philip

(Encyclopedia) Larkin, Philip, 1922–85, English poet. He graduated from St. John's College, Oxford (B.A., 1943; M.A., 1947) and was for many years librarian at the Univ. of Hull. With an eye for the…

October 1998 News and Events

1998 News Month-By-MonthWorldChina to Improve Human Rights (Oct. 5): Signs major international agreement that includes ban on arbitrary arrest and torture, and protects freedom of thought,…

Year in Review 2000

  Top Headlines   News of the World News of the Nation Month by Month People in the News   People in the News Deaths in 2000 Nobel Prize Winners Search…

Mayne, Thom

(Encyclopedia) Mayne, Thom, 1944–, American architect, b. Waterbury, Conn., grad. Univ. of Southern California (B.A., 1968), Harvard (M.A., 1978). In 1972 Mayne cofounded the firm Morphosis in Santa…

1998 News of the Nation

High Crimes or Misdemeanors?Congress: Lewinsky or Legislation?The Iraqi AlbatrossPlaying Hardball with Terrorism